"Extinct"
By Sam A
Published 23 September 2023
Mountain mist frog
Slowly fading
Dwindling, drowning
Or escaping?
Mushrooms grown
From fingertips
Burst through eyelids,
Skin and lips
Missing since April
Nineteen-ninety
How dare you assume
I want you to find me
All I wanted
Was a tree
Some wood to you,
A home for me.